• The teams met in the group stage in the 2012/13 competition when Dortmund finished above Madrid with the help of a 2-1 home win – Robert Lewandowski and Marcel Schmelzer scoring either side of Ronaldo – and a 2-2 draw in Madrid where Pepe and Marco Reus featured on the scoresheet.

• The clubs were reunited in the semi-finals that season and Dortmund won the first leg 4-1 at home, Lewandowski getting all four goals, going through despite a 2-0 reverse in Madrid where Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos scored.

• Roman Weidenfeller is the solitary survivor of the sides’ meetings in the 2002/03 second group stage, when Madrid won 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu and then drew 1-1 in Dortmund. Zinédine Zidane played in both matches too.

Dortmund• Dortmund began Group F with a 6-0 win at Legia Warszawa – their biggest away victory in UEFA competition.

• Dortmund averaged three goals a game at home in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League. Their record was P8 W6 D1 L1 F24 A5.

• The Bundesliga side have won their last four home matches against Spanish visitors. Their overall record at home against Liga opposition is W7 D3 L2.

Madrid• Madrid left it late to snatch three points from Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday one, winning 2-1 through goals from Ronaldo (89) and Álvaro Morata (90+4)

• Their record on the road in last season’s competition was W3 D2 L1. That solitary defeat was a 2-0 reverse at a VfL Wolfsburg team containing André Schürrle in the quarter-finals. Madrid recovered to beat the Bundesliga club 3-0 back at the Bernabéu.

• Madrid’s overall record away to German sides is P29 W4 D6 L19.

Coach and player links• Zidane was in the Juventus team defeated 3-1 by Dortmund in the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League final.